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Monday Update: Weather, funding problems delay sewer work in Kalama

Monday, January 8, 2007 6:32 AM PST

By Leila Summers

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Work on sewer and flood prevention lines beneath First Avenue in Kalama is now expected to finish sometime in March, Public Works Director Carl McCrary said.

The project, which started in June and originally expected to finish in December, has been extended due to bad weather and early-on funding problems, he said.

The city originally bid the project in four phases because not enough funding was available to bid everything, McCrary said. When remaining funds became available, McCrary said contractors needed time to order materials, which delayed their work.

"Then the rainy season started," McCrary said.

Many downtown business owners are upset the project has lasted so long. Some attribute the road construction to keeping shoppers out of downtown this holiday season and for generating lower than expected sales.

Parking also continues to be an ongoing problem in downtown. Shopowners complain large construction equipment is being stored where customers should be parking, which also is hurting their businesses.

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free spirit wrote on Feb 7, 2008 1:19 AM:

" If they were in bad condition , it would seam that the neighbor who saw them in the woods would have immediately rescued them, and asked questions later. Obviously they were not in bad condition, only crates(not a crime) or carriers. Maybe he did take his animals with him on a trip. I have taken mine before,and know many people who take thiers along(even in RVs. Sounds like extreme tree huggers to me. Or maybe the PETA people who think a dog should never be crated.I guess it is more humane to go to dog shows and let other peoples dogs out in protest to them bieng in thier crates. I guess if this results in them getting hit by a car, lost, or running at large , this is acceptable. Most vet's require that an animal is crated in the waiting area. I hear no mention of whether or not they had food, or water. I think the humane society also must have someting better to do than chase after a guy and 18 dogs that are not in unsavory condition, even by the accounts of the neighbor who saw them in the woods. If they were in bad condition shame on that neighbor for leaving them there. "

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